Thread: Perimeter of isosceles triangle

Can anyone help me find the lengths of the sides of this isosceles triangle?

Help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by funky_monk

Can anyone help me find the lengths of the sides of this isosceles triangle?

Help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Get a right-triangle by drawing a perpendicular line from the vertex to the 8cm side.

Use Pythag to get the length of the hypotenuse of this right-triangle.

This is also the length of the other two sides of your triangle. Now you know the lengths of the three sides of your triangle.